UTSA wins big for transfer efforts

The University of Texas at San Antonio cleaned up at this year’s STEP Awards, which recognize outstanding work in serving transfer students in Texas.

Judged by a panel of experts affiliated with the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students at the University of North Texas, the awards applaud best practices in transfer programming, collaborations, communications and curriculum.

UTSA won Gold Awards in the categories of student services and development, academic support services, multi-media communications and internal collaborations, and a Silver Award in print communications.

UTSA and its sister school, the University of Texas at El Paso, are often “taking the lead in making transfer student programs work and transfer students succeed,” said Gerry Dizinno, associate vice provost for institutional research at UTSA.

“Of all schools given awards, UTSA and UTEP received the most Gold Awards – four each. UTSA also received the Silver Award noted above, and thus was the most awarded institution, Dizinno said.

UTSA accepts around 2,500 transfer students a year, and has a strong partnership with the Alamo Colleges.